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Corby's release hinges on historic agreement: PM

Schapelle Corby's return home may hinge on Australia becoming the first country in the world to negotiate a prisoner transfer agreement with Indonesia, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says.

Psychiatrist Jonathan Phillips has warned the 32-year-old convicted drug trafficker will not survive her sentence if she remains in Bali's Kerobokan Prison.

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has backed a renewed bid by Corby's family to have her serve her jail time in Australia.

Ms Bligh and Mr Rudd have been sent Dr Phillips' 20-page report on the matter.

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Mr Rudd said he believed Corby was receiving all the support from Australia's consul-general that it was "physically possible" to provide.

"The practical problem is that no prisoner transfer agreement exists between Australia and Indonesia and I'm advised none exists between Indonesia and any other country," he told Fairfax Radio Network on Monday.

"Negotiations are under way."

He said even if the two governments arrived at an agreement, questions remained as to whether Corby would satisfy Indonesian decrees allowing such a transfer.

"On the practicalities of the application of such an agreement for Ms Corby, we've got to get all that right first in terms of support within the prison where she is," he said.

"I have every confidence that our consul-general is doing everything physically possible to support her and other prisoners in what is obviously a very, very difficult time.

"We will provide whatever level of support we can ... (as we will) around the world where every day our officials are engaged in similar visits to prisoners."

Dr Phillips, former president of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, says Corby will continue to deteriorate unless she is moved.

The former Gold Coast beauty therapist was sentenced to 20 years' jail after she was caught at Bali's airport in October 2004 with 4.1kg of marijuana in her boogie board bag.

She was given a four-month sentence cut earlier this month as part of Indonesian Independence Day celebrations.